“A team of University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers, led by Dr. Michael Miller, has recently shown for the first time that laughter is linked to healthy functio...
Steroids have been around for a long time. The first people to use anabolic steroids for athletic enhancement were the Russians, who discovered the drug and had gre...
For many years, scientists and psychologist have debated back and forth about whether or not heredity or hormones explain ones behavior or psychological disorders. After read...
ABSTRACT
Alcohol consumption along with cigarette smoking is two externalities that our society associates with. Men and women varying from different age groups, locations,...
Children Coping with Chronic Illness
Children living with chronic illness are faced with everyday challenges that frequently force them to cope in different ways. According...
When your parents were young, people could buy cigarettes and smoke pretty much anywhere — even in hospitals! Ads for cigarettes were all over the place. Today we're more aw...
The Importance of Eating Healthy
Eating healthy is something that everyone should focus on in everyday life. Americans often do not take the time to watch what they eat and...
Omega 3 Supplementation
I reviewed an article from the Canadian Medical Association Journal (Vol. 141, pg. 1063) on how fish oils affect cardiovascular disease. In this ar...
Sicko
There are gaps in health insurance coverage. It is a problem that has afflicted lower-income US families which is becoming an American problem. Sicko is a documentary...
Introduction
“Consumers Union (CU) is an expert, independent, nonprofit organization, whose mission is to work for a fair, just, and safe marketplace for all consumers....
“They don’t care where you were born, just how”
The film Gattaca, by Andrew Niccol presents a story centered on the future prospects of genetic engineering...
Pros of Being a Vegetarian
Vegetarianism is becoming more popular and some believe it is not a healthy way to live. Although there may be some nutrients you cannot obtai...
Making a difference in the world is something that is very important to me. We are only in this world for a short period of time and I want to leave a positive mark on society...
Smoking in Public Places
Do you mind people smoking around you in public places? According to the pro-smoking group Air Initiative 7 in 10 of you do. Do you think it is fai...
Every night when we sit down to watch our much loved Grey’s Anatomy or Desperate Housewives, we know for a fact they are fictional dramas which allow us to escape the realit...
Childhood Obesity
- The number of obese children has tripled since 1980
- Overweight children have a 70% chance of becoming overweight or obese as adults
- Only the state o...